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'Brideshead Revisited'
Special to The TimesTo many contemporary viewers, " Brideshead Revisited" means not just Evelyn Waugh's original novel but also memories of the celebrated 1980s television miniseries starring Jeremy Irons. It was quite the event in its day, and the makers of this new feature...Tags: Cinema Industry, Jeremy Irons
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Movie Review: 'Brideshead Revisited'
In certain scenes, Laurence Olivier took more time sipping his tea in the 1981 British television adaptation of "Brideshead Revisited" than it takes to watch the entirety of the brisk, rather disheveled film version of the Evelyn Waugh novel now in...Tags: Emma Thompson, Venice, Laurence Olivier, Greta Scacchi, Michael Gambon
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Less than a 'Masterpiece' this time around
Chicago Tribune criticIn certain scenes, Laurence Olivier took more time sipping his tea in the 1981 British television adaptation of " Brideshead Revisited" than it takes to watch the entirety of the brisk, rather disheveled film version of the Evelyn Waugh novel now in...Tags: Emma Thompson, Venice, Laurence Olivier, Greta Scacchi, Michael Gambon
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Straight outta Malibu, rapper Shwayze gets his shot
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn the first five minutes of MTV's new reality show "Buzzin'," which stars rising Malibu rapper Shwayze and his ne'er-do-well producer Cisco Adler, Shwayze's faced with an only-in-L.A. Sophie's Choice that could break his fledgling career. On one hand,...Tags: Popular Music, Paris Hilton, Mischa Barton, Dwayne Johnson, Television Industry
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Travel book reviews
Just in time for the Olympics, Oxford University Press has come out with a book for the historically-minded traveler, viewer or long-distance reader. City of Tranquility: Beijing in the History of China examines a city of temples and gardens that is...Tags: History, Ernest Hemingway, Key West
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True New Yorker
About two years ago, when rats came down from a lowquat tree and began scratching around and scuttling around in the crawl space beneath our Venice home, I made my wife laugh (and wince) by reading to her from Joseph Mitchell's classic 1944 New Yorker...Tags: Walter Benjamin, Salman Rushdie, History, Disasters, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Region's best
The Wishing Me Well Foundation, based in Hampton, has planned "An Historic Evening" from 6:30-10 p.m. today at the Smithfield Center. The theme for this first benefit will be a tribute to Jane Austen and the Regency Era of England. Guests are encouraged...Tags: Smithfield, Music Industry
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On this day in history
On July 18, A.D. 64, the Great Fire of Rome began. In 1817 novelist Jane Austen died in Winchester, England; she was 41. In 1927 Ty Cobb hit safely for the 4,000th time in his career. In 1940 the Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated...Tags: Edward M. Kennedy, Wars and Interventions, Kobe Bryant, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sexual Assault
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Actor takes comfort in songs of band he once ridiculed
Los Angeles TimesThere was a time in Colin Firth's youth when he regarded the music of ABBA with the same disdain he saved for, say, a Jane Austen novel. Austen? "Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole," he said. "It seemed girl stuff." And ABBA, the musical inspiration...Tags: Tom Hanks, Pierce Brosnan, Meryl Streep, Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix
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Amanda Seyfried on Allentown, family, fashion and Jethro Tull
Q: How many times a year do you get back to Allentown? A: Well, last year I came home a number of times. Usually it's three times. I'm always home for Christmas. Q: When you come home, where do you like to hang out? A: My friend Maureen [Murphy's]...Tags: Allentown, ABBA
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